Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
windlass . - noun A fanner for winnowing grain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See 3d
windlass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
windlass .
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Examples
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The curmudgeonly patriarch's reply was classic: "Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they was pushed outta 'windas'?"
American Thinker 2008
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Its not like the kid fell out or anything but youd think that the neighbas didnt have anything betta to do than lookin at windas fah somebodys kids all the time.
I'm Perfect, You're Doomed Kyria Abrahams 2009
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We were sittin 'enjoyin' a crack, an 'lookin' oot at the windas, watchin 'the bairns in their coaches, an' the birds fleein 'aboot as happy as crickets, huntin' for wirms amon 'the young girss.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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A puckle o 'thae Cooncillors crack as gin they were genna pet bow-windas into a' the graves, to lat ye hae a grand view efter you was buried.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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My wife has exactly the same machine which came loaded with windas XP.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2008
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